Russia fires scientists after launch fails
Moscow: President Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday fired two top space officials and reprimanded the head of Russia's space agency after the failed launch of three vital communications satellites, the Kre
India to launch 30 satellites by 2020
Bengaluru: India is mulling to launch at least 30 earth observation satellites in the next one decade, a senior official at the Department of Space (DoS) said today.
"We expect not less than 30 sa
GSLV couldn't take the extra weight?
Bengaluru: Instability introduced by excessive payload weight was most likely responsible for the failure of an Indian rocket's launch on Christmas day, an expert in the field and former scientist of
GSLV up in smoke: Isro begins probe into launch disaster
Bengaluru: India's top space scientists are analysing data to find out what caused the failure of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) mission and an expert committee is likely to be for
Is India's Chandrayaan-2 in danger?
Bengaluru: A veteran space scientist has strongly vouched for the robustness of the indigenously-built GSLV, saying it was a well-proved rocket and that 'quality problem' led to its failure.
"It is
ISRO-built communications satellite for Europe launched
Nov 27: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)-built communication satellite HYLAS (Highly Adaptable Satellite) for EADS-Astrium of Europe was launched Saturday by an Ariane rocket from the Guy
India deploying coastal surveillance system
Bangalore: India is installing along its long coastline a sophisticated surveillance system capable of tracking movements as distant as 20 kms in the sea with a command and control centre in Delhi fro
China launches its fifth orbiter into space
China on Sunday successfully launched its fifth orbiter into space as part of its indigenous satellite navigation and positioning network.
The satellite was launched from the Long March 3I carrier r
Universe's biggest star discovered
The biggest star, with a mass 320 times greater than the sun's, has been discovered at the edge of our galaxy by British astronomers.
Scientists at the University of Sheffield found the stellar gian
PSLV ‘high-five’ sends India on higher orbit
Nellore, July 12: Proving its reliability once again, the workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle C-15 on Monday placed the 694-kg Cartosat-2B, a remote sensing satellite, along with four smaller sat